|
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
Born: 31 December 1965, Madras (now Chennai)
Major Teams: Baroda, Tamil Nadu, India.
Known As: Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break Googly
Test Debut: India v West Indies at St John's, 5th Test, 1982/83
Latest Test: India v Australia at Sydney, 3rd Test, 1985/86
ODI Debut: India v Pakistan at Melbourne, World Championship of Cricket, 1984/85
Latest ODI: India v Zimbabwe at Bombay, World Cup, 1987/88
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(including 02/01/1986)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 9 9 1 130 25 16.25 0 0 9 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 394.3 74 1145 26 44.03 6-64 3 1 91.0 2.90
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 17/10/1987)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 16 4 2 5 2* 2.50 20.83 0 0 7 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 126 5 538 15 35.86 3-35 0 0 50.4 4.26
FIRST-CLASS
(1981/82 - 1998/99)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 76 89 17 1802 130 25.02 5 3 60 0
O R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 1739.2 5928 154 38.49 7-28 6 1 67.7 3.40
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1982/83 - 1998/99)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 33 17 5 47 14 3.91 0 0 17 0
O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 239.4 1053 37 28.45 3-34 0 0 38.8 4.39
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
StatsGuru Filters for Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
Articles about Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
Profile:
Perhaps the prime example in Indian cricket of talent going astray, L
Sivaramakrishnan's career touched great heights, seemed set to reach
dizzy heights but within a couple of years, he was shockingly all
washed up. A superb spell of 7 for 28 on his Ranji Trophy debut
against Delhi in 1981-82 brought the slim, wiry leg spinner into
national prominence. When not yet 17, he was a member of the Indian
team that went to Pakistan in 1982-83. At 17 years, 118 days he
became the youngest Indian Test player against West Indies at Antigua
later that season. He was not yet 19 when he won a Test match for
India with a bag of 12 wickets for 181 runs against England at Bombay
in 1984-85. By the end of the series he had 23 wickets and was
adjudged man of the series. The icing on the cake came when he was
chosen as a member of the Indian one day squad that won the World
Championship of Cricket in Australia in 1985. Siva played a leading
part in that triumph.
The happy episode in Siva's career ends here. The rest is nothing
short of a short, swift tragedy. He played one Test in Sri Lanka in
1985 and did little of note. He was an even bigger disappointment in
Australia a few months later. The magic was gone and the little
bowler, who seemed set to break all kinds of records, was but a shadow
of what he had been a bare 12 months before. He made a brief comeback
as a member of the 1987 World Cup squad but he was not a success. In
desperation, he tried to make it back as an all rounder for his
batting by the late eighties had improved, enough to make him a key
member of the Tamil Nadu team that won the Ranji Trophy in 1987-88
after 33 years. But soon he lost his place in the State side and
despite reports in the 90s that the `boy wizard' was still on the
comeback trail, it turned out to be a road that led nowhere but to
sudden obscurity - in direct contrast to the sudden fame that Siva
enjoyed for a short while.(Partab Ramchand)
|
 |
|